Château de Fallais

The Fallais Castle (French Château de Fallais ) is a moated castle in the district Fallais the municipality in the Belgian province of Liège Braives not far from the waters of the Mehaigne, a 59 km long tributary of the River Meuse.

Was built the castle in the 13th century by the family of Beaufort. Twice castle lords were involved in armed conflict with the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The first conflict was the so-called Kuhkrieg in the period of 1275-1278, fought between the County of Namur and the Prince-Bishop of Liège.

1465 met here the lord of the manor Duke Charles I the Bold of Burgundy and the Prince-Bishop of Liège Louis de Bourbon before the Battle of Montaken that led to the suppression of the rebellion of the citizens of Liege and the loss of independence of the city until 1477.

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